FNUS73 KFGF 241631 FWSFGF SPOT FORECAST FOR AXLE OPENINGS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1131 AM CDT WED MAR 24 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPOT FORECAST FOR AXLE OPENINGS...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1125 AM CDT WED MAR 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON MARCH 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT MORNING WINDS WILL TURN WESTERLY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH BY NOON TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...WHILE SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME NORTH/NORTHWEST BY MID-AFTERNOON AS COOLER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH. THESE NORTH/NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST...POSSIBLY TO 30 MPH. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........40 AT IGNITION...MAX 42. MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 15-25 MPH AT IGNITION SWITCHING NORTHWEST WINDS 15-20 GUSTS TO 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4600-5000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 29 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 32 TO 33 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........62 66 70 72 74 74 75 75 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW TEMP............37 40 40 40 39 38 37 35 RH..............70 60 60 55 50 45 45 50 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 15 18 18 18 18 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 $$ REQUESTED BY...SCOTT LAUDENSLAGER REASON FOR REQUEST...STATE, TRIBAL OR LOCAL FIRE AGENCY WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH A FEDERAL PARTICIPANT IN THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES.